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By Laura Hayes Photographs by Darrow Montgomery

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In which readers have strong opinions about proposed home-sharing regulations

Darrow MontgoMery

In an effort to prevent commercial enterprises from operating what are essentially unlicensed hotels—and thereby reducing what is already a shortage of affordable housing stock in D.C.— Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie has proposed new regulatory measures about which virtually everyone seems to have an opinion.

As City Paper reporter Andrew Giambrone wrote this week, the bill is intended to protect legitimate home-sharing by D.C. residents, requiring hosts to register their listings and limiting the number and duration of rental bookings for a given unit of housing. The bill would, for example, set a 15-day annual cap on what it calls “vacation rentals”—in other words, rentals when hosts aren’t on site overnight—and put in place procedures for city inspectors to review listings and fine violators.

“This is a major discussion in Ward 7, with a pretty even split between people arguing that it is a great way for lower income residents to make some extra cash and maybe even pay off a mortgage by leveraging their biggest advantage (location in a tourism heavy city), and people pointing out that it can drastically reduce the rental housing stock (because you can usually charge more for an Airbnb than a lease), increasing the cost of remaining rentals,” Horaenaut writes on reddit.

Adds Gumburcules, “Obviously I oppose the blatant abuses like the dude who was Airbnbing an entire rent-controlled apartment complex, but if you own a house and want to Airbnb it instead of rent it, I see absolutely no reason why anyone should be able to tell you you can’t as long as you follow all the D.C. regulations for a hotel/inn/B&B. Does it reduce rental stock? Yep, tough shit. It’s your property.”

But as another commenter points out, legitimate hosts have nothing to worry about. “I’ve no idea, but it wouldn’t surprise me if a decent amount of Airbnb hosts actually support the bill,” writes reddit commenter velo_b. “If you’re hosting and live under the same roof as the room you’re offering, you’re okay and can only stand to benefit. The elimination of fully independent units or full buildings being hosted by developers would reduce competition and thereby raise rates for this subgroup of hosts rather than continuing a race to the bottom. It’s a rent-seeking motive.”

One thing is for sure. The fight over home-sharing regulations is producing the public stage Airbnb craves, while the less-flashy work of preserving affordable housing units remains in the shadows. —Liz Garrigan 1400 BLocK of I Street NW, AprIL 25

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By Andrew Giambrone The DisTricT has reached a preliminary agreement with Sanford Capital—the Bethesda-based landlord it’s suing over terrible conditions at two of the company’s 18 D.C. properties—to have an independent entity conduct significant renovations at the Terrace Manor complex in Ward 8.

During a Superior Court hearing Tuesday, attorneys for D.C. and Sanford struck the deal behind closed doors as a partial settlement of litigation that Attorney General Karl Racine launched last October. Under the agreement, an experienced third party known as a “receiver” will address all housing-code violations at the 11-building property as well as any health and safety issues, such as mold or rats. Then the receiver will file a report on its work, subject to objections, to the court.

The specifics of this plan have to be ironed out over the next few days because the parties reached only a verbal agreement. But it represents a victory for D.C. and the remain-

housing complex

Darrow Montgomery

Repairs are finally coming to one of Sanford Capital’s deplorable properties.

ing tenants at Terrace Manor—about a dozen in total—who have endured lack of heat, unsecured doors, and squatters after Sanford Capital promised various repairs and acquired the property in late 2012.

“This is what’s fundamental: The complex has to be in habitable condition so people can live their lives and use their units,” Judge John M. Mott said, prodding the parties to make a deal.

The prospective plan for receivership replaces a different abatement plan Sanford and the District had brokered in January, which required the company to rectify code violations within certain periods of time depending on their severity. At the end of March, however, D.C.’s lawyers sought to hold Sanford in civil contempt for allegedly disregarding that plan. Lawyers for Sanford have denied this.

On Tuesday, one of them insisted that “there are no code violations” at Terrace Manor, as “they have all been remedied.”

After that attorney, Nelson Cohen, made a similar assertion in court two weeks earlier, a City Paper reporter discovered broken ceilings and floors within unlocked vacant units at Terrace Manor, a foot-and-a-half of brown

standing water in the basement of one building there, and a few inches of dirty water in another basement.

Now it’s up to the receiver to ensure the site is livable. Receivership is a relatively rare outcome among landlord-tenant cases in D.C., and it is typically financed by tenant rents.

Some housing advocates say it should be used more frequently to resolve serious risks to life, health, and safety. Sanford’s affiliate for Terrace Manor has stated in federal court documents that the property generates roughly $9,000 a month in rental income.

It’s unclear how long the receiver will need to fix up the property given its deep state of disrepair. More than 50 of Terrace Manor’s 61 units were occupied before Sanford Capital bought the property.

The settlement is only a partial resolution because another component of Racine’s lawsuit against the company is still in discovery. His office has also sued Sanford via the District’s consumer protection laws, arguing that Sanford misrepresented to Terrace Manor tenants that it would maintain their homes in good order.

At Tuesday’s hearing, both parties said the other had not provided pieces of information they had requested, including previous rent rolls, past housing complaints, former Sanford employees’ contact information, company emails, and government agency documents.

The District is seeking restitution of rents that tenants paid while Sanford neglected the property, and Judge Mott requested a status update on the discovery process from the parties by May 31. Racine is pursuing new legal ground in advancing consumer protection claims in housing cases.

“Mr. Nowell is not involved in providing the information—it’s his staff,” Sanford attorney Stephen Hessler told the court, referring to the company’s principal, Aubrey Carter Nowell, seated next to him. At a court hearing earlier in April, Nowell declined to comment on his business practices. He co-founded Sanford in 2006 with Patrick Strauss and lives in a $2.9 million Bethesda home. (In March the District moved to make Nowell personally liable for damages as part of the litigation.)

In addition to Terrace Manor, Racine has brought suit over a property Sanford Capital owns above the Congress Heights Metro station. That property is the subject of an active abatement plan, for which Mott scheduled a status hearing at the end of June, following future inspections.

Meanwhile, problems persist at the company’s other properties that are not in litigation.

Recent inspections by the District marked upwards of 1,000 housing-code violations across its portfolio, which amounts to nearly

$540,000 in potential fines. Sanford has appealed all of these citations.

Tax dollars have propped up the company through programs that subsidize low-income tenants and those transitioning out of homelessness, to the tune of more than $3.5 million a year. Most Sanford tenants are people of color and many are working-poor, with some paying market rents of above $1,300 a month for onebedroom units. Elected officials have taken notice. In her annual State of the District Address last month, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Sanford must “fix the violations, face nearly half a million in fines, or see us in court.” The D.C. Council has also faulted the company.

Despite this, Nowell has filed for bankruptcy for Terrace Manor in federal court, claiming that the Sanford affiliate controlling Terrace Manor must reorganize and then sell the property to pay off its debt. The District alleges that Nowell is declaring bankruptcy “in bad faith”—in an effort to avoid its enforcement action—and the U.S. Trustee, a branch of the Justice Department, also opposes the action.

In court records, Terrace Manor LLC’s attorneys say bankruptcy would facilitate the sale of the property for about $5.8 million to a prospective purchaser called Equilibrium, run by developer Sofonias Astatke. This would apparently allow the LLC to cover the less than $3 million it owes on its mortgage with EagleBank and smaller, unsecured loans, and for Astatke to refurbish the site.

“We are still of the belief that if we are able to move forward with this purchase, it will be beneficial for us as investors, beneficial for existing and future residents of the Terrace Manor property, and the community at large,” Astatke wrote in an email to City Paper earlier this month.

Nowell achieving bankruptcy would void the rights the tenants have under D.C. law to produce a buyer they trust to complete needed repairs. This has happened before, at other properties with other owners, leaving tenants crestfallen and angry.

Nowell’s attorneys have admitted in bankruptcy court proceedings that Terrace Manor LLC has previously received cash infusions from its parent company Sanford Capital—a fact the District has harped on in its own court arguments.

Another fact the District has emphasized?

In the LLC’s bankruptcy petition, the affiliate checked a box stating that it does not possess “any real property ... that needs immediate attention,” including property that “poses or is alleged to pose a threat of imminent and identifiable hazard to public health or safety.”

Nowell signed the petition.

CP Alexa Mills contributed reporting.

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A Ward 8 ANC rep and others accuse his colleagues of violating residency requirements.

For most people, home is where they lay their head. But in Ward 8, that’s an elusive determination when questions arise about the residency of elected officials.

With its porous border with Prince George’s County, the southeastern ward has long been a subject of debate over who lives there and who does not. Generations of Washingtonians who grew up in Ward 8 still have family there whether they reside there or not, and the occasional person who stays with a relative in the ward can be subject to suspicion or speculation that they really live in “Ward 9.”

So it was no great surprise to Loose Lips to learn that city officials have received multiple complaints of seven Ward 8 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners who are being accused of living outside of Ward 8—and even beyond D.C.’s borders.

ANC candidates must be registered D.C. voters who have lived in the single-member district of the ward that they will represent for 60 days before submitting their petition to get on the ballot, which is due 90 days before the election. D.C. election law states that a registered voter may challenge the registration status of another voter by writing to the Board of Elections and providing evidence to support their challenge. The board then notifies the person being challenged, requires a response, and finally makes a decision based on what is submitted, often under penalty of perjury.

Accusations that an ANC candidate or official is not a valid registered voter or no longer resides in their ward or their single-member district are not unheard of, but multiple complaints against seven officials at once are somewhat of a phenomenon.

One of the complainants is ANC 8B02 Commissioner Paul Trantham, a private investigator who lives in Southeast. Trantham tells LL that he has personal knowledge that his counterpart ANC commissioners have used their relatives’ addresses to validate their voter registration status when in fact they live in Maryland or Virginia. In March, Trantham brought his complaints to At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds, whose office asked the Board of Elections to “validate or discount” allegations of voter fraud against the seven members. (Bonds chairs the Committee on Hous-

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ing and Neighborhood Revitalization, which oversees the Office on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.)

The election board’s registrar, Karen Brooks, promptly replied to Bonds’ chief of staff David Meadows that the burden of proof is on the complainant “to provide documentation to prove their claim.”

That’s where the trail went cold. Trantham, who has vowed to investigate further, finds it outrageous that the burden of proof is on him.

“There’s too many people getting away with it,” he says. “It’s a disservice to us and embarrassment to [the election board].”

Kenneth McGhie, counsel to the election board, tells LL that he has a small staff and that Trantham needs to provide documentation to support the complaint, after which the board can act. “We can’t initiate an investigation on our own,” McGhie says. “That’s a clear conflict

LL’s sources in Ward 8 say it’s common knowledge that certain ANC officials are using a relative’s address while living in Maryland. “We’ve emphasized how precious the right to vote is,” says Meadows. “This is not something to be treated lightly. But there has to be something to back up the complaint.”

LL finds it odd that a candidate for office could run and get elected without being required to prove their residency when they file their petition to get on the ballot. Odder still that the law essentially requires a complainant to play detective to catch a candidate’s violation before authorities will lift a finger. Proving a negative, when all is said and done, is no simple matter for an ordinary citizen who lacks the color of authority.

A cursory glance at the Ward 8 ANC website shows that six of the seven officials Trantham suspects of living outside the ward do not

of the ANC members, Mikelle Bassett, and called to inquire about Trantham’s allegation.

Bassett refused to confirm her address until LL could prove his own identity. “Paul Trantham is crazy,” she says. (Bassett filed a restraining order against Trantham in January, but the case was dismissed.)

Karen “Coach” Lucas, whose street address is not listed on the ANC 8C website, reportedly has been seen driving with Virginia tags, so LL called her as well. Lucas cites a D.C. address and says she lives there with her father, adding “everyone knows it.” As for her car, she says her Jaguar was totalled and so she sometimes uses cars belonging to her mother and sister, both of whom live in Virginia. “You’re welcome to come on over,” Lucas says. “There’s too much foolishness and shenanigans going on around here and this is just to distract from other issues.”

of interest.” And thus far, he adds, Trantham has not met his burden. “I’ve talked to him two or three times, and he hasn’t provided squat.”

Meadows confirms receiving numerous complaints about the same individuals, and

list phone numbers, and one of them does not list a street address. Almost all of the addresses listed are apartment buildings, and most do not list unit numbers.

LL tracked down a phone number for one

For now, LL plans to leave it to the authorities—or rather the complainants. “If the [election] board is not taking it seriously, then it’s gonna keep happening, and it’s wrong,” Trantham says.

CP

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Gear Prudence: I have a bike frenemy. We get along OK, but the main difference is that he rides an ebike, and he conveniently ‘forgets’ to mention this on Strava when he logs his rides and shows up on leaderboards. So it looks like he is much faster than he actually is, when really his electric motor is doing all the work. I know this shouldn’t bother me so much, but I think it’s unethical, even if it doesn’t mean anything in the big picture. But he’s a jerk for doing this, right?

—Cad Has E-bike And Temerity, Erroneously Records Dear CHEATER: Sure, he’s a jerk. And you’re right, it doesn’t matter. Or does it? Falsely representing your bike prowess in a self-selecting group of people who feel very strongly about virtually documenting and promulgating their own rapidity is more than just a tiny peccadillo.

It’s a willful misrepresentation and probably illegal. Jail time isn’t out of the question and you should send an all caps email to your local prosecutor about CYBERCRIMES and assiduously watch the local news for coverage of your frenemy’s guaranteed impending arrest.

Or just casually tell him that he can mark his rides down on Strava as “e-bike ride” and not just “ride,” a setting with which he may not be acquainted. Either way, really.

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An addiction crisis has long plagued the restaurant industry.

Now spiking opioid abuse is costing even more lives.

By Laura Hayes

Photographs by Darrow Montgomery

Photo courtesy of Kim Godby

Late Chef Eric Evasic

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Chef ed SCarpone was running the kitchen at DBGB DC when he learned that his former sous chef had overdosed on heroin at the age of 29. “I got the call in the middle of service,” Scarpone says. “I didn’t believe it, to be honest with you. It’s so sudden. It’s like a heart attack. You don’t get to say goodbye.”

Scarpone first met Eric Evasic in New York City, where they were both working in the kitchen at Café Boulud. They became friends—the kind who support each other like family. When Scarpone moved to D.C. to work at DBGB DC, Evasic followed. The two moved in together, and once again worked together.

But it wasn’t long before Scarpone felt he had to confront Evasic.

“We found out he was stealing money from other sous chefs,” Scarpone says. “One day I could tell he was high, and I said, ‘OK, we’re going to watch the tapes and see who’s stealing the money.’ And he said, ‘It’s me. I relapsed.’”

Addiction has been such a persistent problem in the restaurant industry—and for so long—that chefs, bartenders, even owners, are starting to wave their white flags. They are increasingly acknowledging that drug and alcohol abuse is far too ingrained in the culture and is a complex issue whose solution is elusive.

An opioid crisis has made the menu of drugs more lethal than ever before, commanding fresh attention. November 2016 was the deadliest month for drug-related deaths the District has seen in five years. Thirty-two people suffered opioid-related deaths that month, according to the D.C. Office of the Medical Examiner. And the problem has been building—there were 407 opioid-related deaths over the past three years.

It’s not just opium-derived heroin that’s killing people. Opioids are a broad class of substances that include medically prescribed OxyCodone and synthetic surgical anesthetics like Fentanyl that can be many times stronger than heroin. In 2016, D.C. medical examiners found 452 different opioids in the bodies of the 210 people who died of drug overdoses, nearly triple the amount from 2015.

Neighboring states, where many D.C. restaurant employees live, also suffer from the epidemic. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in March because 1,468 Maryland residents died from heroin or Fentanyl overdoses in the first nine months of 2016, a 62 percent increase from 2015. And in Virginia, there were 26 heroin overdoses in Alexandria alone in 2016.

Chef Robert Wiedmaier, the restaurateur behind Marcel’s, Brasserie Beck, Mussel Bar, and others, has been working in and leading area kitchens since the 1980s. “Maybe I sound like an old man and this is just a new wave of drugs, but it’s bad,” he says. “It’s horrible. I’ve never seen it like this.”

In the 1980s and 1990s, Wiedmaier says, “everyone was blowing coke up their noses late [at] night to get energized.” That drug culture has since changed. “It started around 2005,” he recalls. “They started prescribing opioids to these parents, and I think a lot of kids got into that stuff, and now it’s rampant. It’s no longer the bikers, gangsters, and low lives. Drugs are hitting across the board.”

Like Wiedmaier, Restaurant Eve’s Cathal Armstrong has been a pillar in the D.C. restaurant scene for decades and says that it wasn’t

uncommon in the past for chefs to do cocaine in the kitchen. But when chefs began making their way onto the small screen with the Food Network and shows like Top Chef, they became more like rock stars than hidden, tattooed talent. It’s now the norm for chefs to work the dining room like the guests of honor at a wedding.

“When I started, you didn’t have to talk to anyone,” Armstrong says. “Now we have relationships with guests we never had before and a relationship with press we didn’t have before.” As a result, chefs aren’t using cocaine on the clock as often. But an increasing number of cooks and bartenders are turning to heroin and prescription painkillers—drugs often injected, smoked, or swallowed in private.

While the drugs themselves may have changed, underlying conditions that fuel addiction in the industry have not. Some chefs work 15-hour shifts six days a week and aren’t able to take vacation, leaving them with no escape from high-pressure, physically demanding work.

Then there’s the reality that it’s often de facto permissible to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol at work. Restaurants are in the business of intoxication, after all.

And even when higher-ups recognize an employee has a problem, they sometimes turn a blind eye because they can’t afford to lose a worker in a competitive, rapidly expanding restaurant scene. In the past two years, 500 restaurants opened in the D.C. area, according to Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington.

Bub & Pop’s co-owner Jonathan Taub stared down this exact dilemma the morning one of his dishwashers showed up high. “We knew he had an alcohol problem, but I could tell he wasn’t drinking because I was checking by smelling his breath,” Taub explains. “But one day he came in and he looked straight doped out.”

Taub recounts that two hours into the shift, his employee pulled out a bag of heroin. “I didn’t know what to do because I was in a bad situation. If I tell him to get out of the kitchen, I’m short-handed for the day. But if I leave

him in the kitchen, what am I doing?” Taub let him work because he needed the help, but by 11 a.m. the dishwasher was nowhere to be found. He’d passed out on a bench behind the sandwich shop and never returned to work.

It’s possible for a restaurant employee to use heroin and still function on the job, at least for a while, according to Billie Tyler, a registered nurse. She’s been involved with the addiction community most of her life, and she offers a needle exchange for addicts and others out of the back of her Honda.

“I’m seeing younger people use and it’s a wide range now, not just people who have been using heroin for years and years,” she says. “In the ’80s and ’90s, if you were a female addict, you were double shamed, but now it’s become sort of acceptable.”

She says that when people are on heroin their eyes can roll back, their voices can get raspy, and they can have a hard time getting started when answering a question.

“They look sleepy, but they’re fully functioning,” she says. “In an environment where t h e y ’re c o n s t a n t ly moving around, it would be difficult to tell unless there was a slow period that wasn’t very physical.”

Harper McClure, former BRABO executive chef, has noticed an uptick in heroin use across multiple pay grades. “More and

more young kids have these closet addictions,” he says.

“We’re going to see more of it before we see less because it’s so cheap.” A line cook who makes $600 week can actually afford heroin, McClure says, estimating that a hit costs about $10. alCohol too iS cheap and readily available.

While opioids are more lethal, alcohol is still the substance that plagues the restaurant industry the most, according to both Armstrong

and Wiedmaier, who calls “alcohol just as bad as heroin.”

Despite catching an employee “with something completely illegal in the basement burning something on a spoon,” Armstrong says, “I’ve met alcoholic after alcoholic in our industry for years and years. So many that have worked for me have had DUIs.” When someone no-shows for a shift, Armstrong calls his favorite police officers. Then he calls the hospital.

“The problem with alcohol is you don’t even know you’re addicted to it,” he says.

Chef Robert Wiedmaier

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“It used to be that if you had a drug problem with cocaine, you could recover and be back in the industry after a couple of weeks,” he explains. “It’s a lot harder to come back from an opiate overdose than it is from blow. People are falling off the radar. They’re just disappearing.”

When Larry quit, he didn’t do it cold turkey.

He turned to alcohol as a crutch. “When you transfer from coke and crystal meth to alcohol, what’s seven or eight shots of Jameson compared to an eight ball?”

A lot, it turns out. Larry’s alcohol abuse got so bad he was bleeding from his tear ducts because he was going into liver failure. “I was drinking myself to death, and in this industry nobody batted an eye,” he says. “I was functional. I did the job. We made money, so no one cared. As long as you get the job done and you’re a trouper, that’s all that matters.”

Today, Larry has been drug-free for nine years and alcohol-free for four. After his marriage nearly fell apart, he went to rehab at KOLMAC, a private facility with six locations in the region. But because Larry didn’t have health insurance, he had to pay out of pocket.

The detox, monitoring, and group therapy that got him clean cost about $10,000.

Afterward, Larry returned to his restaurant job, but he doesn’t recommend that path. “I’d strongly advocate getting out because this industry is probably one of the worst to be in for addiction,” he says. He recommends that cooks and servers who need to get clean run from the industry and don’t look back.

“Your job is nothing compared to staying alive.”

Nurse Billie Tyler

“But if you’re using it to relieve stress regularly, you’re addicted to it.” The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines “heavy drinking” or “at-risk” drinking to be more than 14 drinks a week for men and more than seven for women. Hospitality industry professionals subscribe to different norms.

Laura Habberstad, who bartends at District ChopHouse, describes a recent date: “We had a cocktail, a glass of wine with dinner, and then went somewhere else and had two more shots of whiskey,” she says. “That’s nothing abnormal for an evening.” Coupled with the bottle of wine she drank the night before, she says she knows she consumed nearly a month’s worth of alcohol in two days. “But would I ever consider that I have an addiction problem? I would say no because I tested it. I went a month without a drink, so I could tell myself I’m choosing this because I enjoy it.”

Meanwhile, Habberstad is in mourning.

Three months ago, her close friend and fel-

low ChopHouse bartender José Alberto Molina Duran Jr. was found dead in his apartment in Northeast D.C. “He loved, he loved hard,” Habberstad says. “He had great energy, was super warm and giving, and when he looked at you and smiled, you felt like he was looking at you—smiling for you.”

She insists that José (who she calls “Berto”) was not into drugs, and his brother Xavier Duran says the same. “José didn’t like to party like that,” Xavier says. “He drank. I’ll even go as far as to say he drank excessively, and he was a weed smoker. But for us to get that call and be told it was a drug overdose, we were like, ‘That’s not possible.’”

Habberstad speculates that José got a bad batch of a club drug like Molly. His roommate was also found dead early in the morning in their home.

“This could happen to the person who decided for one night to let loose and pop a pill and immediately die, as opposed to the next

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person who could be struggling with the issue [long term],” Xavier says.

Because the restaurant industry is known for employing partiers, bartenders and chefs are slipped things all the time, even from customers.

At a Southeast Asian restaurant, a diner tipped a managing partner, who happens to be recovering addict, a vial of cocaine after the Women’s March on Washington. We’ll call him “Larry” to protect his identity. “It was the first time I was tipped in drugs without asking for it,” he says. “It crossed a lot of lines, and had I not been strong in my recovery it could have been devastating.”

Larry first used cocaine when he was 18 and working as a dishwasher in a restaurant. Things spiraled out of control from there, and he eventually got in enough legal trouble that he had to stop using hard drugs. While he tried opioids, he’s grateful he got clean before the especially lethal drugs skyrocketed in popularity.

But SometimeS quitting doesn’t feel like an option, especially when you’ve invested money in the industry. Such is the case for Kyle Henderson, who is currently working at Indique and making his second attempt at beating alcohol addiction. His father, who has been sober for 20 years, wants him to change careers so he’s not constantly surrounded by booze. Henderson refuses because he owes $25,000 in loans from culinary school and loves the hospitality business, even though he recognizes its toxicity.

“It’s high stress and long hours,” says Henderson, who has worked both as a chef and in front-of-the-house jobs, including as a bartender. “There, you’re just around people who drink all the time, do drugs all the time.” In the kitchens where he has most recently worked, he says he’s spotted some coke and a lot of heroin.

“It’s only going to get worse in D.C. before it gets better,” Henderson says. The more restaurants there are, the more hours people will be expected to work. In a past job, “I had to request off six months in advance for an Argentina trip, and I still didn’t get it,” he explains.

Restaurants can feel like the most “at-will” workplaces—where cooks, servers, and bartenders fear they’re instantly replaceable.

This contributes to addicts being terrified to come forward.

That’s why Henderson is advocating for more addiction treatment and recovery resources specific to the restaurant industry.

He’s even taking the initiative to start an Alco-

holics Anonymous group for restaurant workers. “It has to happen. Otherwise, nothing is going to change,” he says.

Together with a slate of partners, Scott Magnuson started such an organization in 2012 called Restaurant Recovery. Magnuson was an owner of The Argonaut, and in his 17-year hospitality career in D.C., he has also worked at Townhouse Tavern, The Oval Room, and Finn McCool’s.

The short-term goal of Restaurant Recovery is fundraising, according to Magnuson’s wife Shaaren Pine, its executive director. She says long-term, they dream of creating treatment programs and centers specifically geared to the industry professional. But while its website lists helpful resources, meetings have ceased and the organization is largely dormant.

One of the reasons Restaurant Recovery is in a holding pattern is because Magnuson flew to Florida for rehab in December and is still there. He’d previously completed treatment there in 2011, emerging sober and determined Indique’s Kyle Henderson

to pay it forward. “Me and my wife, we wrote a book and started Restaurant Recovery. Everything was going well,” Magnuson says.

But when things got tense leading up to The Argonaut’s sudden closing in July, he relapsed.

“I feel like I was such a voice when I got sober the first time,” he says. But then, “I burned a lot of bridges.”

“It destroyed my marriage, made me a shitty father, a shitty husband,” he says. The first time he went through treatment, his daughter was too young to understand. Now she does.

Magnuson was first exposed to alcohol and marijuana at age 14 when he took a job washing dishes at a restaurant. After graduating high school, the drinking accelerated and he says he started using cocaine in the late 1990s.

Then he discovered prescription drugs.

Being in restaurants from an early age fed Magnuson’s addiction. “You get sucked into this underworld you think is normal, but it’s not,” he says. “You never think your problem is that bad because you can always find some-

one worse to compare yourself to.”

“What we noticed is there’s no place in the industry to get help, nobody to turn to,” Magnuson says. “We need to talk about it.

Treatment is not a bad thing. There’s nothing shameful, nothing wrong with saying you need help.”

But even when a line cook is brave enough to reach out to a sous chef or an executive chef, there’s a disconnect between wanting to help and knowing how to help. “People immediately involved in the industry don’t know how to deal with addiction problems if they’ve never been around it before,” explains Ed Scarpone, who is now the executive chef at Fiola.

Almost all restaurants are small businesses operating on slim margins, and they typically don’t have human resource departments that could advise on how to get someone into a Narcotics Anonymous meeting or explain what’s covered by insurance should an employee have it. (The Affordable Care Act currently requires all plans on the marketplace to

include substance abuse treatment.)

Robert Lannan, a hospitality industry attorney, says restaurant employees battling substance abuse should find out if they’re entitled to time off for treatment through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or similar state laws. Under the federal FMLA, only employers who have employed at least 50 employees for each working day of at least 20 weeks of the current or previous year are required to comply. An employee is entitled to medical leave under the federal FMLA if he or she has performed at least 1,250 hours of service for such an employer over at least a year.

State laws may provide greater benefits to employees, and legislation pending in the District of Columbia and Maryland may entitle some employees to payment during some portion of their medical leave, according to Lannan.

The medical leave “has to be to address a ‘serious health condition,’ and the Labor Department has recognized substance addiction as [a serious health condition] if certain conditions are met,” Lannan says.

He recommends that people struggling with addiction go first to a doctor, and later approach their employers requesting leave, rather than inform employers of their conditions during or after unexcused absences. “Generally, you can’t fire someone for being sick,” Lannan says.

He adds that FMLA laws stipulate that employees have a right to return to work.

Grace Caulfield, the clinical director of the Silver Spring location of KOLMAC, says quite a few of her patients are in the industry. KOLMAC’s six rehab centers treat 3,000 patients annually, a third of whom are opioid addicts.

The outpatient program often starts with detoxing patients with the aid of medications that help alcoholics get through withdrawal or keep opioid addicts safe as they quit. Then it’s onto the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), which involves group therapy and education sessions that start at three hours per day and taper down over eight to 12 weeks. There’s also continuing care to help patients maintain their sobriety after graduating.

KOLMAC accepts most health insurance, but some restaurant industry employees have had to self-pay, as Larry did. Without detox services, IOP alone runs $5,460 for eight weeks, according to Caulfield.

The D.C. government is another resource for people looking for help. Dr. Tanya A. Royster, the Director for the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health, says the city contracts with about 30 providers in the community. Her office staffs a 24-hour help line and an assessment and referral center located at 75 P St. NE. Royster’s department also has a mobile assessment and referral center that visits 10 locations throughout the city every week. “If we hear from police that people in this park are having trouble, we have the capacity to respond,” she says.

“When people call the access help line or come into the center, we evaluate whether they have Medicaid or other insurance, but we also have tax dollars to put toward it,” Royster explains. “We don’t want anyone turned away

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avoid discrimination, the policy must be enforced uniformly from the big-name executive chef down to cooks and bussers.

Osteria Morini, where Levin last worked, had such a policy. “If anyone drank on the job, they’d be written up or fired,” he says. “When we communicated this policy, it was a big shift for a lot of people who came from other places.”

Larry adds that a huge percentage of longterm industry professionals will actually move to restaurants where the behavior of drinking on the job is tolerated, even if the pay is less.

“It’s an actual job benefit, the same as healthcare or childcare, to be permitted to be intoxicated on the job,” he says. He’s had applicants ask him if “shift drinks” are included.

Magnuson asks with exasperation: “What other industry can you drink while you work?”

After a fire first shuttered The Argonaut in 2010, he and his wife updated the bar’s employee manual to make the workplace drug free. They even cut out the allotment of one shift drink after employees clock out.

“What we found is we were able to put together a team that worked well together and stayed together,” Magnuson says. “The last thing I need is for a bartender to be drunk at 2 a.m. and have something happen. Once they do shots with customers and get a little buzzed, they say, ‘Better find the cocaine dealer to make it through the night.’ I know the cycle because I went through it.”

Pastry Chef Alex Levin

The late Eric Evasic with his mother Kim Godby

Photo courtesy of Kim Godby

if they can’t get health insurance.”

The city announced in January that it would partner with faith-based leaders to promote understanding of mental health and substance abuse disorders and encourage treatment. Royster says that because many addicts confide in a pastor, training the religious community on where to steer people is a good investment. At least 23 religious institutions are participating in the program.

Another way to come at the issue is through harm reduction. HIPS, an organization that promotes the health, rights, and dignity of drug users, teaches opioid users who inject their drugs to “test their shot,” encourages people to shoot up in pairs or groups, and offers needle exchange and emergency medications such as Naloxone for people who are overdosing. Billie Tyler, the needle exchange nurse, used to work at HIPS and also carries the emergency medicine as a means of harm reduction.

Then there are grassroots efforts that come from within the restaurant community. Every year on social media, veteran pastry chef Alex Levin publishes the number of years he’s maintained his sobriety. Last year that status read 13.

“I do that in part because it’s an achievement, but the larger part is that every single time I find at least one or two people that reach out to me that need help,” he says. “Sometimes you just need someone to tell you what to do.

Chefs are good at that.”

He’s currently the executive pastry chef for Michael Schlow’s restaurants, which include Alta Strada, Conosci, Casolare, Tico, and The Riggsby.

Levin calls restaurants a set-up for alcoholism and addiction, but has decided to be an open book to build awareness that there are a lot of sober people in restaurants who have figured out how to have happy, well-balanced lives.

He found success by thinking of addiction as a life-threatening allergy. “If someone has a peanut allergy, there’s no way you can get them to eat a peanut because they don’t like the consequences of going to the hospital to deal with it,” he says. “For people who have a problem, once they have one drink they can’t seem to stop.”

The “ism,” in alcoholism, Levin says, is a physical disease that makes addicts incapable of moderation. “Every disease has the same goal, which is to try to kill you,” he says. “Everything deserves a fair fight. … I’ve never met someone unable to recover when they’re willing to be honest about what’s going on and take proper steps to attack the issue head on.”

What recovery efforts can’t solve requires systemic change within the restaurant industry. But there are no quick fixes for low wages, long hours, limited time off, shifts that end during prime late-night party hours, or work environments that feel too competitive for workers to come forward. But there is one thing restaurants and bars can do immediately—confront open intoxication at work.

Lannan says the best way to accomplish this is through an employee handbook stating that being intoxicated on the job is a terminable offense. He suggests all staff sign and review the handbook periodically. Lannan adds that, to

after SCarpone Caught Evasic, his longtime friend and colleague, stealing from his coworkers, he asked him to leave the apartment they shared. He also got Evasic into a treatment program. “He was still working with us, but he had to bring me his paperwork every day saying he went to Narcotics Anonymous.”

But then Evasic had to return to Tennessee to serve out criminal drug charges, according to Scarpone. He continued to work in kitchens while meeting with a parole officer.

“I talked to him a couple days a week,” Scarpone says. He was encouraged when he saw pictures of Evasic with a fresh haircut and wearing new clothes. He took it as a sign that his friend was no longer squirreling away all his money to buy heroin. That’s why Scarpone was stunned when he got the call.

Evasic’s mother, Kim Godby, was devastated—but less surprised than Scarpone— when she learned that her son was dead.

She’d watched him fight drug addiction for 13 years. “He could have written a biography at 29. That’s how his life went,” she says. When Evasic wasn’t using, Godby says her son had a magnetic personality. “He just had a way about him,” she says. “He was just afflicted by a terrible disease.”

Godby’s eulogy for her son was titled, “Never Turn Your Back.” She chose it for two reasons. First, she wanted the world to know you should never ignore addiction. Second, she says her son Eric never turned his back on anyone or anything—he always helped.

CP Those seeking immediate substance abuse related assistance can call the city’s 24-hour hotline 1-888-7WE-HELP.

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what we ate this week: Chile relleno with barbacoa, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and queso fresco, $11.99, Taqueria del Barrio. Satisfaction level: 3 out of 5. what we’ll eat next week: Pidzza roll with ground angus beef, mushroom, caramelized onion, and mozzarella, $9.55, Pidzza. Excitement level: 3 out of 5.

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The Dish: Violet Consommé Price: $11 Where to Get It: Kyirisan; 1924 8th St. NW, Ste. 140; 202-5252383; kyirisandc.com What It Is: There is a whole lot going on in this dessert by pastry chef Mollie Bird, a veteran of Marcel’s and The Source. Starting at the center, there’s a quenelle of calamansi (a citrus variety) ice cream. A cassis crisp, which eats like a pork rind, according to Bird, stands up in the ice cream. Around the outside of the bowl are blueberry meringue shards, blueberries, blackberries, blackberry jam, Earl Grey tea noodles, and a cloud of foam made from a spiced citrus syrup used in cocktails called velvet falernum. A server will pour a regally purple consommé made with violet liqueur, violet extract, and a touch of cassis on the dish tableside.

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textural diversity adds another layer of complexity to the sweet soup. Bird has created a winning dessert that surprises and delights.

The Story: “I’m obsessed with violet and I wanted an excuse to eat it all the time,” Bird says. “These are all my favorite things that go with violet.” The dish has sold surprisingly well, especially with diners seeking something lighter.

What It Tastes Like: Though I feared it would taste like a violet bath sachet, the floral element of the dessert is restrained and not at all cloying. Instead, the tartness of the calamansi and the berry components take the lead. The

How to Eat It: Bird likes to “mix it all up and attack it violently,” but I take a more considered approach. It’s impossible to get every component in every bite since there are so many. Complicating the process is the fact that the noodles require a fork, while everything else can be eaten with a spoon. I have fun re-arranging which elements end up on my utensil, which creates the sensation of eating a series of desserts rather than just one.

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Hometown: Watertown, Massachusetts Price: $6.00 per pint, $14.17 per 64 oz growler Taste: Printemp Saison (missing an “s” on purpose) is highly carbonated, though softer than champagne. Tasting free of tannins and bitterness, it’s infinitely digestible. Saison was once a nearly-extinct style of beer. But now it’s back, and the best ones are beer-flavored without notes of lemonade or ripe banana.

This super dry beer is made with German malt, German and American hops, and a famous, highly expressive yeast.

Story: It’s not uncommon for an American brewer to have German and Czech great grandparents. But a brewer with a Lebanese father born in Syria? A brewer who is also a Master Brewers Association of America scholarship winner?

There’s likely just one: Nassim Sultan, head brewer of Gordon Biersch Rockville.

“I recognize that there are a lot of brewers who don’t have my last name,” says Sultan. “When people come to GB in Rockville what do they think?” In the end, it doesn’t matter. Printemp Saison speaks for itself.

His saison is like him—entirely American, but also a composite. “My dad grew up between Syria and Lebanon but would call Lebanon home. Even though it didn’t exist when he was born, he thinks of himself as Lebanese.”

After going to Georgetown for undergrad, Sultan spent a half-year in Lebanon. “I stuck out like a tourist because I didn’t talk like everybody else,” he says.

“Beirut was very stable…calm, it was peaceful…a place that learned how to be at peace with itself but at the same time always on the edge, wary of collapsing into something worse.”

Where to find it: Gordon Biersch, 200 East Middle Lane, Unit A Rockville; (301) 340-7159; gordonbiersch.com/locations/rockville —Michael Stein

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By Laura Irene You could live in D.C. your whole life and never uncover all of its majestic spaces. One such place is the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C, situated near Mount Pleasant.

In the front yard of the Institute, a Mexican flag proudly waves you to the doorbell, waiting to be rung.

Inside, the mansion is covered with grand murals by Cueva del Río, a pupil of Diego Rivera. Among the stately rooms, on the fourth floor, El vuelo y su semilla, an art exhibit by the renowned Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero, reflects on the identity and culture of Mexican immigrants through symbolic objects.

El vuelo y su semilla begins in front of a large red wall with a poetic introduction in both English and Spanish. The words are bold and heavy: “… With their hands of clay, with their weather beaten feet. They have arrived simmered on fire…” Romero speaks in poems alongside her work through each of the five rooms, which helps visitors thoughtfully consume each object.

The first room contains three different perspectives of a tire, an item we rarely pay attention to unless it’s flat. The poem, “Trampling over Corn,” begins with the unyielding line “Colonizations that run over each other. Ancestral myths under the yoke of profit,” leading into Romero’s first perspective, “Atropellando maiz (Trampling over corn),” which depicts a forklift tire engraved with golden skulls and bones standing in a bed of corn kernels. The tire is not worn, the tire is center stage, unleashing a dangerous beauty.

Across from the tire is “La sombra del maiz (The shadow of the corn),” which is more of an abstract tire image. The shape and structure is familiar as it casts a shadow on the wall of gold corn remnants in the artistic style of mandalas. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the shadow is no shadow at all, the image is painted on the wall. The papel picado or perforated paper illuminates the room, a graceful intermission in the already loaded journey.

The last perspective in the first room is “Por el pan nuestro (For our bread),” an engraved forklift tire and bread. A tire is upright on the wall surrounded by a halo like the circle of a beautifully baked and glazed bread. The image is as striking as the truth it holds, best said in Romero’s own words: “Reverse

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the industrial and cold function of a tire. Decolonize its material. Bring it to our hands. In another land, in other people’s furnaces. Cooking with its imprint, rediscovering the instrument. Game of kneaded and slowly baked impressions. Ancestral handprints…”

In the second room, “Oro por espejitos (Gold for mirrors),” security mirrors are stamped with corn images hanging on bold red walls. It’s unexpected and somewhat jarring, encouraging some thoughtful self-reflection: What do you feel? Do you ever think about where the food you eat comes from? Do you care?

Romero is encouraging visitors to see how genetically modified corn affects the farmers, as explained through her verse: “manipulated corn, reflection erased from its ancient history of sinister, spectacular appearance, mirror seed that takes the

light, the water, the land…” The mirrors might seem like selfie-ready art, but Romero’s message is much deeper: Don’t forget to take the seeds planted for you.

With each room, Romero keeps visitors on their toes with unexpected surprises. In the third room, “Mesas al aire (Tables in the air),” there are fully dressed tables suspended from the ceiling, adorned with embroidered table cloths of animals and texts from One Hundred Years of Solitude. Mexican cookbooks become the table legs, never reaching the ground. The space feels like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland. Romero takes you

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to an imaginative place but brings you back down to earth with her poem, “Tables in the air don’t have wings but they carry the bread on their shoulders.”

Next door, “Cada cabeza era un mundo (Every head was a world)”, are spheres made from 12 sombreros with writings from the Azuela novel The Underdogs on the bottom rims; “Floating over blood stained history,” “Reddened and bleeding.” The groups of sombreros are suspended, huddled together, yet reminiscent of decorations for a fiesta. “Hovering above a cruel story of those that barefoot they have followed on the thorns from a South that never ends… that has never been in their favor.” Each sombrero is a person, not a party, and not a part of a costume non-Mexicans wear on Cinco de Mayo. It’s as if you’ve been placed in the middle of someone else’s journey, haunted by their hurt.

The last room, “Petate urbano (Urban petate),” feels like a coat room, with beautiful arrangements of black and gold squares. At first glance, they resemble linoleum blocks used for printmaking, but upon closer inspection it’s clear they are tires embedded with corn. The corn shines like gold and the shapes are “Por el pan nuestro grooves of the tire, placed togeth(For our bread)” by er now taking up a new space toBetsabeé Romero ward the exit.

(2017) In the same room, “El maiz y fuego (Corn and fire)” closes Romero’s journey. Octavio Paz’s words are written across a white wall: “The invention of corn by Mexicans is only comparable with man’s invention of fire.” Below the words is a whole corn on a stick, made to look like a fishing rod as the kernels dangle to the bottom like worms. What’s the catch? Exactly.

Romero creates a space for a process that we, as consumers, take for granted. But she creates each room as a whimsical subject, almost as a trick to make visitors think that everything is OK. From the written message on the wall that could be mistaken for decals with inspirational quotes used in homes, to a table dressed for dinner in the style of a fairytale, to beautifully halo-like objects meant to illuminate the senses, the revelation throughout the journey is that everything is not okay.

As a Mexican, traveling through the exhibit feels like memories of family gatherings. Objects evoke a sense of the familiar, yet a sadness for my people weighs heavy as I step into each new room. It is important to understand that, while Romero created a visually stunning journey, it is also a story to be heard. It is the story of Mexican identity in a United States that is trying to erase it. Don’t let it.

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This Art is Trash Nearly a year ago, Chester Hawkins took a picture of the inside of a trash can and posted it to Instagram.

Since then, he’s taken 105 pictures of public trash cans on the streets of D.C., each photo nearly identical in framing: shot from above the mouth and exposing the garbage on top.

It might seem like a silly endeavor, but Hawkins’ Instagram (@intangiblearts, named after the record label he runs) has become one of the more fascinating and obscure documentations of the city over the past year.

The idea behind all this “is a bit of urban archaeology with equal parts cynicism and surreal fun,” Hawkins says, “assuming that I’d see a difference in trash between tourist areas versus neighborhoods, and between affluent and less-affluent neighborhoods, and season-specific differences, etc.” Over the course of his documentation, “the patterns were predictable but interesting: Affluent neighborhoods had more intact food being discarded (note dozen eggs in one shot), garden trimmings, etc.”

It might seem ludicrous, Hawkins says, but that’s kind of the point of it all—“to see if a random stupid idea, done consistently and with discipline over time, reaches a point where it stops being random and stupid and becomes legitimate documentation.”

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By Lin-Manuel Miranda Directed by Luis Salgado At GALA Hispanic Theatre through May 21 Before he was Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton supergenius, he was merely Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights genius, a well-received, less historically informed musical which might have been his legacy, were it not for his foresight in sniffing out America’s latent craze for our first Treasury secretary.

America that Dominican Spanish is especially funny sounding (Dominicans have a sense of humor about this too; just search Youtube for Dominican Matrix, Dominican 300, and, my favorite, Dominican Osama bin Laden).

Even the name of the central character, bodega owner Usnavi (as in U.S. Navy, a notuncommon name in a country that was militarily occupied by the United States as recently as 1965) is a source of chuckles. There’s a pair of romances, a hapless one between shy Usnavi (Juan Luis Espinal, taking Miranda’s role) and bombshell Vanessa (Verónica Álvarez), and a forbidden one between college girl Nina (Laura Lebrón) and African-American Benny (Vaughn Ryan Midder), who works as a taxi dispatcher for her dad. The principals give the best singing performances—Leb-

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Just because it doesn’t feature powdered wigs, however, doesn’t make In the Heights any less traditional. The original production won the Best Musical Tony in 2008 by bringing Miranda’s upper Manhattan neighborhood down to Broadway, giving audiences a slice of New York Dominican and Boricua life while sticking to a time-honored formula: colorful ensembles, cutesy romance, and corny jokes. There’s little conflict but a lot of heart in this feel-good story that’s a celebration of a particular community, but of community values above all.

Too bad Gala Theatre, and director Luis Salgado couldn’t have turned In the Heights into Columbia Heights rather than Washington Heights, and a Central American rather than Caribbean immigrant story; it would have worked just as well. But Gala’s production is a faithful, officially sanctioned adaptation, based on two translations of Miranda’s English original: one in Dominican Spanish and one in “normal” Spanish (it’s still half in English, with English surtitles). The play’s Dominicancentric content was a source of great mirth for Friday’s largely non-Dominican Latino audience, reflecting the attitude in the rest of Latin

rón, as Nina, is a standout—though some of the ensemble numbers aren’t entirely in key.

The expansive cast paints a vibrant picture of the neighborhood, from Cuban grandmother Claudia (Michelle Rios) to Nina’s striving, doting, bickering parents Kevin (José Capellán) and Camila (Shadia Fairuz). Even the smallest characters are memorable; one of the best is Felix Marchany playing an unnamed sno-cone vendor who’s not above sabotaging the competition.

Musical theater is an inherently hidebound genre. So even In the Heights, with its modern setting and diverse cast, is as self-consciously conventional as it is woke. Its Romeo and Juliet plot set in Latino upper Manhattan evokes West Side Story, though in a post-performance talkback, Salgado stated Miranda’s main inspiration was Fiddler on the Roof. Sure enough, the American immigrant dream and struggle between assimilation and ethnic identity can be easily transposed to any number of groups and still feel right.

Even the musical cues are throwbacks.

Though Miranda’s score, performed by a live ensemble led by conductor Bobby McCoy,

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throws in some Hamilton-style old school hiphop, it mostly sticks to abuelita-friendly fare of bachata, merengue, and salsa. No dembow, for example, the Dominican cousin to reggaeton that city kids actually listen to, even though stars like DJ Boyo and Grupo Unido had been around for a decade when In the Heights came out. As much as I love Juan Luis Guerra’s Bachata Rosa, an obvious touchstone here, in the DR I learned “that’s for old people.”

But an old fashioned score for an old fashioned genre makes sense, even more so for a classic immigrant story. Diaspora communities tend to get frozen in time. I see it in my own Korean community in Virginia, where teenagers still go on dates at bakeries, something that hasn’t been a thing in Korea since the 60s when Koreans first started immigrating to the U.S. and have acted like it’s still the 60s ever since. So for the teen characters in this musical to be dancing boleros rather than perreos isn’t too hard to swallow. Especially for a musical audience, one in D.C. no less. If Miranda’s story of a specific community at a specific time feels familiar and timeless, it’s because it was designed to. In the Heights is a Werther’s original in a funky new package, a vision of urban youth culture that’s hip but not too hip, where kids rock their Jordans but respect their elders. For those of us on the outside looking in, it’s reassuring to be told everything old is new again, and vice versa.

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By Liz Duffy Adams Directed by Aaron Posner At Round House Theatre to May 7 If LIz Duffy Adams’ 2009 literary farce Or, didn’t already have a perfectly fine title—complete with a comma that looks like a typo but, which like everything else about her smartypants play, is truly, madly, deeply premeditated—one might suggest Tinker Swinger Playwright Spy. The piece centers on Aphra Behn, one of the first women in history, so far as we know, to earn her living as a writer. In the mid17th century, under the reign of King Charles II, Behn was a prolific poet who also created 19 plays and 16 works of prose fiction, many of which would be mined for their feminist and LGBTQ subtexts centuries later, once those

terms had been invented. Unlike most seminal women of letters, Behn was celebrated (and condemned) in her own lifetime. But before her literary fame, she’d been an informant in Antwerp, using a dalliance with the Scottish rabble-rouser William Scott to try to glean from him intelligence of value to the British crown. Judge not: Scott was a double agent, too. All’s fair in whatever and whatever.

This much is historically sound. So is the fact that the actress Nell Gwynne, who became a star once England started allowing women to play female roles, was one of King Charles’ mistresses.

Everything else in Adams’ play is, like so many Behn biographies published after her death in 1689, fanciful speculation. Turns out to be right in the wheelhouse of director Aaron Posner and his frequent collaborators Holly Twyford and Erin Weaver, whose collective yen for shows about horny geniuses goes at least as far back as their 2009 Folger Theatre production of Arcadia. Weaver plays the puckish Gwynne as well as Behn’s aged housekeeper and Behn’s fast-talking patron, Lady Davenant, in a showstopping single scene.

Outdoing even Weaver for dextrous quickchanges is Gregory Linington, who earlier this year played George to Twyford’s Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Ford’s Theatre. That’s a fun coincidence because Virginia Woolf—the author, not the play—has a lot to do with why Behn is still remembered, having venerated Behn in her landmark 1929 essay “A Room of One’s Own.” Linington’s ability to inhabit both Behn’s former beau, Scott, and her current one, King Charles, in scenes when they’re both in Behn’s room, one hiding from the the other, gives this highbrow comedy an element of pure, delirious slapstick.

In this, Linington gets a big assist from Paige Hathaway’s cavernous set, which makes Behn’s quarters look like a swinging (19)’60s pad, save for those tall wardrobes that Behn’s various partners are forever disappearing into.

She and Gwynne have a thing, too, because monogamy is tyranny, y’all.

Writing is often a lonely profession, but Adams portrays Behn as having had both the most fulfilling work life and rewarding sex life one could ask for in her age—or ours. She’s trying to finish a commission overnight while keeping her secret lover Charles from discovering her secret lover Gwynne or her secret ex-lover Scott, who may or may not be involved in a plot to assassinate her secret lover Charles. This is all great, sexy fun, but it’s tinged with mournfulness, for the privations of Puritan era that had just ended in England and the repression that would reassert itself in due time. It’s a dizzying ride, and at a lickety-split 90 minutes, it doesn’t overstay its welcome. That’s a blessing. As Aphra Behn would be the first one to tell you, there’s more to life than the theater.

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War Crimes Finding Oscar Directed by Ryan Suffern Finding Oscar opens with a letter sent to a dead man, a “victim” of the 1982 massacre of a village in Guatemala that left 250 people dead, including 67 children. It’s an intriguing opening that is indicative of both the triumphs and failures of the film that will follow. The opening credits that list Steven Spielberg as an executive producer also set expectations properly.

This is a film with a great story to tell, although it often undercuts it with unnecessary narrative trickery and pumped-up genre elements.

After its ghostly opening, the filmmakers

which a victim of the Indonesian genocide interviews its perpetrators, many of whom were also still in power. They seemed proud of their crimes, and the members of the Guatemalan kill squad basically do, too.

But while The Act of Killing built irony into its genre elements—Oppenheimer allowed these murderers to dramatically re-enact their crimes on camera—Finding Oscar sometimes superimposes genre to deleterious effect. During the recounting of the massacre, director Ryan Suffern suffers from a lack of faith. Instead of letting the words of the killers—and the heart-wrenching tales of the massacre’s few survivors—speak for themselves, he underlays it with a pulsing synthesizer and interjects time-lapse photography of clouds moving quickly over the sky. It’s a cliche to indicate the passing of time that has been used since, well, the beginning of time.

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offer an extended history lesson that is likely unfamiliar to those who grew up with American textbooks. In the 1960s, America helped to overthrow the democratically-elected leader of Guatemala, and a civil war erupted. The new government deployed a team of special forces—with tactics inspired by their American counterparts—to punish dissidents, rebel guerillas, or, as one survivor put it, “anyone who was trying to change the government.”

Over the course of the country’s 30-year civil war, 40,000 Guatemalans went missing and were never found alive. The apex of their violent overreach occurred in a small village named Dos Erres. In 1982, they massacred the entire village, threw their bodies into a well, and moved on with their lives.

Amazingly, some of these men emerge years later to admit their crimes. When the government finally appoints a special prosecutor to investigate, she unearths a few soldiers, who speak about their crimes with startling banality in exchange for immunity. There are shades of Joshua Oppenheimer’s two films The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, in

shifting back-and-forth between different time periods, when the story may have been better told in sequence. It’s a directorial sleight-ofhand that keeps the viewer off balance, and it pays off nicely with a surprise in the film’s final moments that lands powerfully, but it also obscures some of the film’s stronger elements.

Here’s one: This crime—enabled in part by misguided masculinity—was unearthed and exposed through the tenacity of three women. There’s the founder of a group composed of victims’ families seeking justice, the prosecutor assigned by the state to investigate, and an attorney general who, after being appointed in the 2000s, eventually empowered that prosecutor to act. The quiet power of these women provides a fascinating thematic juxtaposition to the crimes they are investigating, but they get buried by the film’s admittedly more vital content. The fog of filmmaking is only slightly clearer than the fog of war, but most of the time the power of Finding Oscar shines through.

—Noah Gittell Finding Oscar opens Friday at West End Cinema.

ONE SONG

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One Song: Siouxsie and The Banshee’s “Christine” It’s not faIr at all, but the goth aesthetic is easy to ridicule and dismiss.

Goth’s preoccupations with the macabre and its flimsy association with the occult can seem adolescent. And its penchant for spooky, windswept melodrama (the word is derived from “gothic,” after all) can seem histrionic or corny.

Saturday Night Live once had a goofy recurring skit called “Goth Talk,” mocking how goth kids have grand fantasy lives (being an ancient, terrifying vampire) that contrast with their actual abject circumstances (working minimum wage for a Cinnabon in south Florida.)

The idea may make you giggle, but comedically, it’s low-hanging fruit.

Yet within the wide genre of goth rock music, there are serious artists. People who authoritatively explore goth’s potential for psychedelic mystery. Artists whose work isn’t “dark” in a callow or cheap sense, but in a genuinely heavy way.

I consider Siouxsie and The Banshees to be in this elite class, and 1980’s “Christine” would be my personal Exhibit A for why. In terms of presentation (sartorial and otherwise), The Banshees’ goth vibe was pretty strong, but the truth is they were one of the world’s most inventive rock bands of any style. And if you never took the time to listen to them, you might be forgiven for stereotyping the band based solely on Siouxsie’s iconic Punk Priestess Of The Night look.

You’d be forgiven, but you’d also be wrong.

Siouxsie is a master songwriter who should be accorded the esteem and stature of Harry Nilsson or Tim Buckley or Syd Barrett or any of a myriad canonized eccentric male songwriter figures. I think it’s sexism that prevents her from being viewed this way.

Each Banshee brought innovations to “Christine.” Bassist and primary songwriter Steve Severin played chords as often as not.

(Bassists generally play one note at a time.)

Mind you, Severin wasn’t the only punk bassist to play chords—his Joy Division/New Order contemporary Peter Hook springs to mind— but Severin certainly brought a unique lyricism to the instrument.

The Banshees’ drummer was named Budgie. Budgie’s full genius didn’t come to the fore until later with a Siouxsie/Budgie duo project called The Creatures (whose percussion-intensive 1989 masterpiece Boomerang is a huge artistic influence on me personally), but he demonstrated ingenuity through-

out The Banshees’ discography. The bold beat he maintains in “Christine” is pretty much just the crack of a hard-hit snare on the backbeat. He mostly leaves a hole in the downbeat. Budgie had restraint and maturity.

The most striking and haunting instrumental feature of “Christine” is John McGeoch’s sweeping, shimmering acoustic guitar. McGeoch is not famous, but he is an important and influential figure in British post-punk music. McGeoch’s guitar signature was rooted in how inventively he managed to avoid “guitar hero” tropes. He was a colorist. (McGeoch is rumored to have struggled gravely with alcoholism and sadly, he died in 2004 at the age of 48.)

Though McGeoch plays only a few chords in “Christine,” he makes sure they matter.

Though the original Severin/Siouxsie home demo for the song features no guitar at all, the band chose to loudly feature it as the first and last thing you hear in the studio recording. The guitar is key to expressing both the meter (strumming replaces Budgie’s cymbals in the chorus) and the melodic structure.

The guitar’s simplicity serves to throw the spotlight to Siouxsie’s (oft-imitated, but unique) voice and words. Initially, it’s not clear what story she’s telling. The song feels phantasmagorically ominous... it could be drugs, or something supernatural, or mental illness. You’re left to guess. There’s a faintly Lewis Carroll feel. “Christine, the strawberry girl/ Christine sees her faces unfurl...”

All you know is the song is chilling and hallucinogenic.

The song actually portrays a famous incidence of multiple personality disorder.

It’s the same case the 1957 movie The Three Faces Of Eve is based on. (The patient’s actual name was Christine Sizemore. Eve was an alias used in the book and movie.) There’s something poignant about Siouxsie’s choice to use the patient’s real name in the song.

Contrary to the goth stereotype, Siouxsie’s writing takes the story out of the realm of fever-dream fiction and into the real world.

Heavy.

—Chad Clark One Song is a column by Chad Clark, of the band Beauty Pill, that dissects and interrogates the deeper meanings of a single song. Beauty Pill plays Black Cat on Sat., April 29 with Arto Lindsay and Br’er. 8 p.m. $20.

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When Kung Fu Bastard debuted five years ago at Twins Jazz, they seemed to be in a perpetual state of flux. (I described them at the time as “an equation in which there is no constant.”) That’s still true, to a degree, on the self-titled debut album by multi-reedist Bobby Muncy and guitarist Anthony Pirog’s experimental jazz quartet. But Kung Fu Bastard’s metamorphoses are organized ones. Put another way, there’s still no constant, but the variables have pretty stable ranges. It’s fascinating, and it’s fun.

Appropriate to its vinyl format, Kung Fu Bastard comprises two distinct halves (not counting the download-only bonus track, the conventional-but-tasty postbop “Luchador”). The first follows the more distinct path: its three tracks placed from most to least weird; or, if you like, least to most accessible. Not to say that the opening “For the Love of Money”—a Pirog/ Muncy original, not The O’Jays’—doesn’t have

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a hook. Indeed, Nathan Kawaller’s throbbing, ominous bass line promptly grabs the ear—and then promptly confuses it with meter-shifting rhythmic distortions. There follows a decidedly un-lyrical melody, then a long collective improvisation.

Muncy’s “It’s A Free Man Who Misses His Home,” on the other hand, does offer percussive, Ornette-esque lyricism and a melodic Ferguson solo. It’s “Nonet,” though, that

transcends lyricism and achieves loveliness.

It features the lush arrangement (thanks to heavy overdubs, with Ferguson doubling on drums and vibes and Muncy playing tenor, soprano, clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute) of a wistful ballad that’s equal parts Hoagy Carmichael and Hector Berlioz—though Pirog assails a notably darker bridge with a clangingbell guitar tone. But much of the power comes from a pair of double-time Muncy solos, first on tenor, then on clarinet, with Pirog providing sinister underlines.

If side one travels from point A to point B, side two tends toward Frankenstein-like hybrids of both points. “Anthony’s Last Stand” is a tempestuous but tuneful Muncy composition that gives the tenor man room to munch moodily (while Kawaller and Ferguson subtly undulate) before dissolving into Pirog’s multitrack psychedelia. It’s pointillism, not cacophony—something like a Star Trek sound effects collage—but the spook factor is nonetheless high.

“Prosthaphaeresis 44-16,” meanwhile, trudges into doom metal … if doom metal had EWI and a keytar. (A contrapuntal improv between them is the song’s peak.) “Lullaby for Alice” returns to plainspoken beauty: A duet for tenor sax and acoustic guitar, it very nearly crosses into folk music with Pirog playing folky changes (with his electric providing some pretty solo lines and backgrounds) and Muncy engaging in a colloquial, conversational sort of lyricism.

If anything among all this approaches constancy, it’s Ferguson, whose wicked ride cymbal is uncannily able to mold itself to the performances. (He’s the drama of “Anthony’s Last Stand,” the aggression of “Prosthaphaeresis 44-16.”) More to the point, though, Kung Fu Bastard doesn’t want to be consistent. They want to try on ideas. Why make music that’s the product of a laboratory when the music can be the laboratory?

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Frightened Rabbit w/ Torres & Kevin Devine ............W 31

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Rhiannon Giddens w/ Amythyst Kiah............................................................................. MAY 9 Dwight Yoakam w/ Elliot Root ...................................................................................... MAY 11 Demetri Martin ............................................................................................................. MAY 13

Hans Zimmer Live with Orchestra and Chorus performing music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator, The Dark Knight and more! .................................. JULY 21 alt-J w/ Saint Motel & SOHN .................................................................................... JULY 27 Fleet Foxes w/ Animal Collective ........................................................... JULY 29 Belle and Sebastian / Spoon / Andrew Bird w/ Ex Hex .................. JULY 30 SUMMER SPIRIT FESTIVAL FEATURING

Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds • Bell Biv Devoe • Fantasia and more! .................AUGUST 5-6

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CITY LIGHTS: Friday

Friday rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Dave Alvin & The Guilty Tones and Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun. 7:30 p.m. $29.50. birchmere.com.

Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Bob Mould, Brendan Canty. 10 p.m. $20. blackcatdc.com. comet Ping Pong 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 364-0404. R. Ring, Split Single, Flasher. 10 p.m. $12. cometpingpong.com.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Sean Rowe, Faye Webster. 7 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Shack Band, Vacation Manor, SonderBlue. 8:30 p.m. $12–$14. gypsysallys.com. merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. M3 Rock Festival. 3:30 p.m. $31–$210. merriweathermusic.com. songByrD music house anD recorD cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. The Last Rewind: A Tribute to Phish. 9 p.m. $10–$12. songbyrddc.com. state theatre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

(703) 237-0300. Rockn’ to Lockn’ with Galaxy Dynamite, Devil’s Workshop Big Band, Feelfree, and Virginia Man. 7 p.m. $10. thestatetheatre.com.

Blues

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classical

Barns at wolf traP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Emerson String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. $45. wolftrap.org. folger elizaBethan theatre 201 E. Capitol St. SE. (202) 544-7077. Folger Consort: The Play of Love.

8 p.m. $25–$40. folger.edu.

country

WITH DJ KEENAN ORR

Jammin Java 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 255-1566. Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. 8 p.m. $20–$25. jamminjava.com.

2 - 6pm

echostage 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Snails, Ghastly, Protohype, Botnek. 9 p.m. $25–$35. echostage.com.

First Sunday every month

kenneDy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. NSO Pops: LeAnn Rimes. 8 p.m. $39–$109. kennedy-center.org.

electronic

Folk

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

The Wild Reeds, Blank Range. 9 p.m. $14. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Jazz

2047 9th Street NW located next door to 9:30 club

Darrow Montgomery/File

Club

kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. The Academy Blues Project. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. 4 Generations of Miles. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com. mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Aaron L. Myers II. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Brandon Goodwin & B’s Bees. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $27. twinsjazz.com.

Janel lePPin

D.C.’s music scene often lingers too much on the past, but this next iteration of the Luce Unplugged Community Showcase (which, in the interest of full disclosure, is presented in partnership with City Paper) will illustrate its future. Janel Leppin is a critical catalyst in the local scene as both the founder of Wedderburn Records, which plans to focus on music by female and nonbinary artists, and as a captivating avant-garde composer and cellist. Leppin will celebrate the release of her third solo record, American God, and, based on the self-titled single, it promises to be her most haunting work to date. Joining in the party will be Coup Sauvage & The Snips, declared the “Best Dance Party Soundtrack for the Resistance” in our recent Best of D.C. issue.

Their music doesn’t hold back in any regard. The full-blast combination of Motown, disco, The B-52s, and ’90s dance parties invigorates, while their lyrics offer no quarter for gentrifiers and those who think money gives them carte blanche. According to this energetic ensemble, the future is female, queer, black, brown, weird, outspoken, and fun. Janel Leppin performs with Coup Sauvage & The Snips at 6 p.m. at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F Streets NW. Free.

(202) 633-7970. americanart.si.edu.

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Vocal

music center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp. 8 p.m. $30–$75. strathmore.org.

May 5 & 6 | Concert Hall The Grammy®-winning duo behind hits like “Closer to Fine” and “Galileo” brings its signature sonic blend of folk and rock to the NSO Pops for an outstanding program of fan favorites from across their groundbreaking career.

caBaret

saturday

kenneDy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Renée Fleming VOICES: Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs. 8 p.m. $29–$99. kennedy-center.org.

Black cat 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Arto Lindsay, Beauty Pill, Br’er. 8 p.m. $20. blackcatdc.com.

classical

rock

Indigo Girls

songByrD music house anD recorD cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Haux. 8:15 p.m. $12–$14. songbyrddc.com.

Davis Performing arts center at georgetown university 3700 O St. NW. (202) 687-3838.

GU Guild of Bands. 7:30 p.m. Free. performingarts.georgetown.edu.

folger elizaBethan theatre 201 E. Capitol St. SE. (202) 544-7077. Folger Consort: The Play of Love.

3 p.m.; 7 p.m. $25–$40. folger.edu.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Moon Duo, Jackie Lynn. 9:30 p.m. $13–$15. dcnine.com.

music center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO: Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. 8 p.m. $35–$99. strathmore.org.

fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Turnpike Troubadors. 8 p.m. $25. fillmoresilverspring.com.

university of the District of columBia auDitorium 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 274-5900.

Javier Perianes. 2 p.m. $45. udc.edu.

gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. Psycho Killers with Synchronicity. 9 p.m. $15–$17. gypsysallys.com.

country

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Jon McLaughlin. 8 p.m. $17.75–$29.25. thehamiltondc.com.

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com.

electronic

merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. M3 Rock Festival. 11 a.m. $31–$210. merriweathermusic.com.

echostage 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE. (202) 503-2330. Paul Van Dyk, Vini Vici, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Heatbeat. 9 p.m. $25–$30. echostage.com.

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Pinegrove, Hovvdy, Shannen Moser. 8 p.m. Sold out. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Bit Funk, Treasure Fingers, Sammy Bananas. 10:30 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

CITY LIGHTS: saturday

arto lindsay

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Guitarist Arto Lindsay likes to make a cacophony. He is also fond of singing tuneful Brazilian melodies and combines these interests in unexpected ways. Raised in Brazil, Lindsay first became known for his dissonant stringwork in pioneering New York experimental band D.N.A. But he soon changed gears, first singing with art-funk band The Ambitious Lovers, and then releasing albums that drew from Brazilian Tropicalia pop and samba. Later, he created live avant-garde soundscapes with strategically placed speakers. On Cuidado Madame, his first album of new material in 13 years, Lindsay and his New York-based band draw from all of his disparate influences. He whispers poetic phrases over programmed drumand-bass beats and bursts of noise on the opening track, “Grain by Grain.” On “Seu Pai,” he croons in Portuguese over a combination of traditional hand-drum percussion with buzzing guitar. In love with clamor, tunefulness, and rhythm, Lindsay continues to find ways to juggle his musical passions.

Arto Lindsay performs with Beauty Pill and Br’er at 8 p.m. at Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. $20. (202) 667-4490. blackcatdc.com.

—Steve Kiviat

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4 Generations oF Miles

Fusion guitarist Mike Stern, master accompanist and Mwandishi bassist Buster Williams, hardbopping, ferocious saxophonist Sonny Fortune, and steady drummer Jimmy Cobb are all musicians of the highest caliber and exemplars on their respective instruments. Beyond that, the thread that binds them together is membership in a band organized by trumpeter and 20th century music titan Miles Davis. These four musicians, under the moniker The 4 Generations of Miles quartet, gather to celebrate their former bandleader by playing his repertoire. And this is where things get interesting: Each musician represents a different era—and almost different decade entirely—of Miles Davis’ chameleon-like career. The quartet’s clashing sonic identities weave together in the performance, transforming some of the most ubiquitous numbers in the jazz world into music that is entirely new yet entirely Miles at the same time. 4 Generations of Miles performs at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. at Blues Alley, 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. $35–$40. (202) 337-4141. bluesalley.com.

—Jackson Sinnenberg

HiP-HoP u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Jazz Cartier, J.I.D., Levi Carter. 6:30 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

Jazz Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. 4 Generations of Miles. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com.

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mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Nina Casey. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com. twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Brandon Goodwin & B’s Bees. 9 p.m.; 11 p.m. $27. twinsjazz.com.

World Davis Performing arts center at georgetown university 3700 O St. NW. (202) 687-3838.

GU World Percussion Ensemble. 2 p.m. Free. performingarts.georgetown.edu.

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merriweather Post Pavilion 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. M3 Rock Festival. 11:45 a.m. $31–$210. merriweathermusic.com.

classical

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. John Tesh. 7:30 p.m. $39.50. birchmere.com. folger elizaBethan theatre 201 E. Capitol St. SE. (202) 544-7077. Folger Consort: The Play of Love.

2 p.m. $25–$40. folger.edu. national gallery of art east garDen court Fourth Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW. (202) 842-6941. Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley.

3:30 p.m. Free. nga.gov/programs/music. university of the District of columBia auDitorium 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 274-5900.

Eric Owens & Susanna Phillips. 4 p.m. $45. udc.edu.

Folk

Jammin Java 227 Maple Ave. East, Vienna. (703) 2551566. Abbie Gardner & Jesse Terry. 3 p.m. $15–$20. jamminjava.com.

Funk & r&B

Black cat Backstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Shonen Knife. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com.

BethesDa Blues & Jazz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Conya Doss. 8 p.m. $35. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Sweet Crude, Motel Radio. 9 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Emily King. 8 p.m. $14.75–$34.75. thehamiltondc.com.

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fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Mick Jenkins. 8 p.m. $22. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Jazz

CITY LIGHTS: Monday

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. 4 Generations of Miles. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com.

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twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Marty Nau. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

oPera

kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Monday rock

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Astronoid, We Were Black Clouds. 9 p.m. $10. dcnine.com. songByrD music house anD recorD cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Marbin. 8 p.m. $12–$15. songbyrddc.com. u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Coin, Arizona. 7 p.m. $18.50. ustreetmusichall.com. warner theatre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 783-4000.

Steve Winwood. 8 p.m. $57–$265. warnertheatredc.com.

classical

music center at strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin. 8 p.m. $40–$80. strathmore.org.

Folk

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Transatlantic Sessions, The Milk Carton Kids, Maura O’Connell, Declan O’Rourke, Karen Matheson. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

Jazz

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Vivan Sessoms. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

World

kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Farah Siraj. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

tuesday rock

Black cat Backstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Redd Kross, Foul Swoops. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com. fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Mastodon. 7:30 p.m. $37.50. fillmoresilverspring.com.

classical

kenneDy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Joyce Didonatio & The English Concert. 8 p.m. $40–$100. kennedy-center.org. kenneDy center eisenhower theater 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox: Chanticleer. 8 p.m. $25–$59. kennedy-center.org.

Folk

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin. 8 p.m. $15–$17. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Jazz

BonoBo

Bonobo has been a trusted name in the downtempo electronica scene since releasing his debut album, Animal Magic, in 2000. The London-raised, Los Angeles-based DJ and producer, formerly known as Simon Green, intuitively arranges shuffling percussion, textural melodies, and intricate vocals in a way that provides listeners an escape from reality and entrance into his wistful dream world. January saw the release of Bonobo’s latest album, Migration—his first release since 2013’s The North Borders. Migration travels from comforting lullabies to atmospheric groovers, expertly bridging the gap between dreamy ambience and the kinetic energy of a dance floor— much like Bonobo, a vibe one can enjoy anytime, anywhere. Bonobo performs with Chrome Sparks at 7 p.m. at 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $35. (202) 265-0930. 930.com.

—Casey Embert

Wednesday rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Melissa Etheridge. 7:30 p.m. Sold out. birchmere.com.

Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Emel, Briana Marela. 9 p.m. $15. dcnine.com. fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Pierce The Veil, Sum 41. 8 p.m. $32.50. fillmoresilverspring.com. lincoln theatre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin. 8 p.m. $75–$125. thelincolndc.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Kevin Jackson. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $20. bluesalley.com.

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Mono, Kikagaku Moyo, Holy Sons. 8 p.m. $16. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Janning Trumann Quartet. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Barns at wolf traP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Kathy Mattea. 8 p.m. $35. wolftrap.org.

oPera

kenneDy center concert hall 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Joyce DiDonato in Handel’s Ariodante. 8 p.m. $25–$79. kennedy-center.org.

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Jazz Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Nate Najar Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com. twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Future Prospect. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

Vocal kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Dearborn Community Chorus. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

World roBert e. Parilla Performing arts center 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. (240) 567-5301. Montgomery College World Music Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Free. montgomerycollege.edu/pac.

country

tHursday

Funk & r&B

9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Highly Suspect. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com.

gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. AfroZen All Stars with Reggie Chapman of No BS!, Jouwala Collective. 8:30 p.m. $8. gypsysallys.com.

rock

Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. 10,000 Maniacs. 7:30 p.m. Sold out. birchmere.com.

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THE EVERLY BROTHERS EXPERIENCE featuring The Zmed Brothers

& The DAVE ALVIN Guilty Ones & Too BILL KIRCHEN Much Fun

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JOHN TESH

Folk

Stripped Down, Beautiful BoDeans Renditions of BoDeans classic!

7 WMAL FREE SPEECH FORUM “The First 100 Days” – 7pm –

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Mothers’ Day with

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16 AN INTIMATE ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH SIBLINGS

Heather Nova & Mishka 17 C A R L PA L M E R ’ S E L P L E G A C Y EMERSON LAKE & PALMER LIVES ON!

SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS

feat. Dan Tyminski, Barry Bales, Ron Block, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Pat Enright

country

Barns at wolf traP 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. (703) 255-1900. Kathy Mattea. 8 p.m. $35. wolftrap.org.

howarD theatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

T.I., Yung Booke, London Jae, Shauntrell Pender, RaRa, Translee, Young Dro. 8 p.m. $48.50–$297.50. thehowardtheatre.com.

Jazz

mr. henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Snakehead Run. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Ravi Coltrane. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $35–$40. bluesalley.com.

state theatre 220 N. Washington St., Falls Church.

(703) 237-0300. Tate Stevens, Shane Gamble, Celeste Kellogg. 8 p.m. $14–$17. thestatetheatre.com.

kenneDy center eisenhower theater 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Abbey Lincoln Tribute featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater,Terri Lyne Carrington,

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FRI 19

TOMMY KEENE & IVAN JULIAN TRIBUTE DANCE PARTY

SURFBORT

POND

NO BS! BRASS BAND THE MAKE UP

Reunion 2017!

Billy Price & The Keystone Rhythm Band Reunion Bob Margolin Band • Skip Castro Band Good Humor Band 21

roBert e. Parilla Performing arts center 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. (240) 567-5301. Montgomery College Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Free. montgomerycollege.edu/pac.

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18 As seen in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

Funk & r&B

fillmore silver sPring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Ab Soul. 8 p.m. $25–$65. fillmoresilverspring.com.

REDD KROSS

BEYONCA V RIHANNA

lincoln theatre 1215 U St. NW. (202) 888-0050.

Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds with Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin. 8 p.m. $75–$125. thelincolndc.com.

classical

SHONEN KNIFE

SAT 5

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MOUSETRAP

A INDIE POP DANCE PARTY

TUE 2

the hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Deb Talan. 7:30 p.m. $15–$40. thehamiltondc.com.

rock & roll hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625. #SanctuaryDC Benefit Concert featuring District Sky Punch, The Prahns, Lookout Gang, Shining Blade Theory. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

SUN 30

BEAUTY PILL

CHRISTOPHER CROSS MAJOR. 11 Andy 12 DELBERT McCLINTON Poxon 13 RECKLESS KELLY w/Blue Water Highway Band

gyPsy sally’s 3401 K St. NW. (202) 333-7700. The Barons. 8:30 p.m. $10–$12. gypsysallys.com.

kenneDy center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Matthew Hartnett and Gumbo All-Stars. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

BOB MOULD

SOLO ELECTRIC

ARTO LINDSAY

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Dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Show Me the Body, Dreamcrusher, Mike of Doom, Bust Off. 8 p.m. $12. dcnine.com.

THE GENERATIONALS

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u street music hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Zebbler Encanti Experience. 10 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

THU 27

feat. Jerry Douglas & Aly Bain (Boys of The Lough) and All-Star Band w/sp. guests The Milk Carton Kids,

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APRIL / MAY SHOWS

SASHEER ZAMATA

TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS Maura O'Connell, Declan O'Rourke, and Karen Matheson (Capercaillie) & more!

Black cat Backstage 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 6674490. Tommy Keene, Ivan Julian. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com.

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May 1

The internet loves cats, whether they’re playing the keyboard, sticking out their tongues, or just looking grumpy. It’s easy to forget that cats marked their territory in various people’s lives long before the advent of the feline celebrity, but the Archives of American Art has a new exhibit that reminds viewers that cats have been lazing around, being their fabulous selves, for centuries. Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art features pieces created between the 19th and early 21st centuries, revealing sketches, illustrations, and photographs of cats. You can catch cats lying down, approaching someone who seems trustworthy, or just simply posing and looking cute. Despite seeming serious, big-time artists like Frank Stella, Louise Nevelson, and Pablo Picasso were likely just as obsessed with their cats as you are. Exhibit curators argue that cats have often served as “compelling artists’ muses.” Looking at the artwork, viewers are compelled to agree. The exhibition is on view daily 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., to Oct. 29, at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, 8th and F Streets NW. Free. (202) 633-7940. aaa.si.edu.

—Selma Khenissi

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‘Grand Piano Live’

BEFORE INTERNET CATS

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Dianne Reeves, Esperanza Spalding. 8 p.m. $25–$59. kennedy-center.org. tWins JAzz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Joe Vetter Quartet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. twinsjazz.com.

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betHesDA blues & JAzz 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Edwin Ortiz y La Mafia Del Guaguanco. 8 p.m. $10. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Books

gAbourey siDibe The Oscar-nominated star of Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, who is now seen on Empire, discusses her memoir, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, with NPR’s Linda Holmes. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. 600 I St. NW. May 3, 7 p.m. $18–$45. (202) 408-3100.

JoHn WAters The eccentric film director and Baltimore native reads from his new book, Make Trouble, a volume of advice for young adults and graduates.

Halcyon House. 3400 Prospect St. NW. April 28, 7 p.m. $28–$30. (202) 298-6007.

Maker.” Artists Eric Celarier, Ani Hoover and Nicole Salimbene create the work in this exhibit from abandoned and trashed objects. April 21 to June 3. montPelier Arts center 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. (301) 377-7800. arts.pgparks.com. Closing: “Barbara Talbott.” Talbott, who worked professionally in advertising and graphic design, returns to her roots with this exhibition, that incorporates the training she received at MICA. April 8 to April 30. Closing: “Substrates.” Artists present paintings and drawings on unconventional surfaces like cardboard, ceramic, and fabric in this group show. April 2 to May 28. tArget gAllery At torPeDo FActory 105 N. Union St., Alexandria. (703) 838-4565. torpedofactory.org. Ongoing: “Ephemera.” Artists from around the world present works that are purposely meant to decompose over time or that capture the fleeting nature of certain things in this group exhibit. April 1 to May 14.

ViViD solutions gAllery 1231 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. vividsolutionsdc.com. Ongoing: “Forgetting Is Normal.” Artist Kylos Brannon combines memories and scientific information about the brain in this video installation, his first gallery show.

April 21 to June 3.

Viet tHAnH nguyen The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer discusses his career and his Vietnamese heritage with readers at this event, presented as part of the “Arlington Reads” initiative.

Arlington Central Library. 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington. May 3, 7 p.m. Free. (703) 228-5990.

WAsHington PrintmAKers gAllery 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 669-1497. washingtonprintmakers.com. Closing: “Marian Osher.” The artist combines elements of mixed media, painting, and printmaking in the works she presents. March 29 to April 29. Opening: “Wanderlust.” Nina Muys, a former president of Washington Printmakers Gallery, presents a series of prints inspired by travel. May 3 to May 27.

Galleries

Dance

ADDison/riPley Fine Art 1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 338-5180. addisonripleyfineart.com. Ongoing: “Cambalache.” Multimedia artist Joan Belmar presents a series of works on paper, as well as an installation in this solo show. April 22 to May 27.

Arlington Arts center 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. (703) 248-6800. arlingtonartscenter.org.

Opening: “Spring Solos 2017.” More than 100 artists from around the region applied and 14 were selected to participate in this annual exhibition that allows each artist to curate and display their work throughout the arts center. April 8 to June 11. tHe AtHenAeum 201 Prince St. , Alexandria. (703) 548-0035. nvfaa.org. Opening: “Virginia Plants and Pollinators.” See up-close images of bees, plants, and the process of pollination in this exhibition of work by photographer Deanna Marion. April 6 to May 14. brentWooD Arts excHAnge 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood. (301) 277-2863. arts.pgparks.com.

Ongoing: “Re-Locations.” In this exhibition of representational paintings, Morgan Craig, Joey Manlapaz, and Trevor Young explore their connection to specific places and capture the meaning of different locations. March 27 to May 27. cross mAcKenzie gAllery 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 337-7970. crossmackenzie.com. Closing: “Wells.” Esther Ruiz presents a series of neon sculptures in a variety of colors. April 8 to May 3.

FlAsHPoint gAllery 916 G St. NW. (202) 3151305. culturaldc.org. Ongoing: “Footprint a.k.a. the Lansburgh’s Notebook.” Curator Blair Murphy compiles photos and other documents that chronicle the development of different downtown D.C. arts spaces, from the Museum of Temporary Art to the Lansburgh Theatre, in this archival exhibit. April 15 to May 6. greAter reston Arts center 12001 Market St., Ste. 103, Reston. (703) 471-9242. restonarts.org.

Ongoing: “The Great Dismal Swamp.” Acclaimed multimedia artist Radcliffe Bailey makes his D.C. area debut with this exhibition that addresses his family’s Virginia heritage and the state’s role in the Underground Railroad. April 21 to July 8.

HemPHill Fine Arts 1515 14th St. NW. (202) 2345601. hemphillfinearts.com. Ongoing: “Romare Bearden.” See a collection of collages and watercolors from the acclaimed African-American artist and activist. April 15 to June 10. Ongoing: “Jacob Kainen.” See a series of abstract expressionist paintings inspired by the American painter and printmaker’s 1972 trip to the former Soviet Union. April 15 to June 10.

HonFleur gAllery 1241 Good Hope Road SE. (202) 365-8392. honfleurgallery.com. Ongoing: “Finder-

CITY LIGHTS: WEDNESDAY

bAlAncHine, rAtmAnsKy, tHArP See innovative choreography from three very different but equally significant choreographers in this showcase that includes George Balanchine’s bright and beautiful “Allegro Brillante,” Twyla Tharp’s funky “Nine Sinatra Songs,” and the company premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s lush “Seven Sonatas.” Warner Theatre. 513 13th St. NW. April 28, 7:30 p.m.; April 29, 1:30 p.m.; April 29, 7:30 p.m.; April 30, 1:30 p.m.; April 30, 6:30 p.m. $37–$110. (202) 783-4000. warnertheatredc.com. mArtHA grAHAm DAnce comPAny The oldest modern dance company in America performs a piece set to Middle Eastern music and two pieces by the company’s founder, “Clytemnestra Act 2,” and “Maple Leaf Rag.” George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. April 28, 8 p.m. $29–$48. (888) 945-2468. cfa.gmu.edu.

Theater

tHe ArAbiAn nigHts Ten years after first presenting this drama based on The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Constellation Theatre revives it. Director Allison Arkell Stockman tells stories of love, desire, and sacrifice in this elaborate production. Constellation Theatre at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To June 4. $20–$45. (202) 204-7741. constellationtheatre.org. blooD Knot Joy Zinoman directs Athol Fugard’s searing drama about the conflict between a lightskinned man and his darker-skinned brother who navigate the horrors of Apartheid and emotional tension in a divided South Africa. Mosaic Theater presents this play as part of its “South Africa: Then & Now” series. Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To April 30. $20–$60. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org. brigHton beAcH memoirs Neil Simon’s landmark play about Eugene, a Brooklyn boy eager to grow up and explore the world comes to Theater J in a new production directed by Matt Torney. Lise Bruneau, Michael Glenn, and Susan Rome star in this lively, witty, and warm comedy. Theater J. 1529 16th St. NW. To May 14. $17–$47. (202) 777-3210. theaterj.org.

DoriAn’s closet Joseph Ritsch directs this world premiere musical based on the life of legendary female impersonator Dorian Corey, widely introduced to the public in Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning.

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W. KAMAU BELL

With his show, The United Shades of America, comedian W. Kamau Bell brings some much needed sense to CNN, which has devolved into a nonsensical shouting match based on little more than the President’s tweets and the backwards thoughts of his surrogates. In each episode, Bell travels to a different part of this great nation of ours and attempts to understand and unpack the racial subcultures and behavior of different groups, including, of course, white men dressed in KKK hoods. He takes a lighter approach when it comes to his podcast Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period, in which he and fellow comedian Kevin Avery break down the actor’s work for their fellow “Denz-ealots.” When he appears at the Avalon Theatre to discuss his new book, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6’ 4,” African-American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, expect him to share stories from his travels and his decades of work on the comedy circuit. If you come with questions about Denzel’s roles in D.C.-set films, he just might answer those as well. W. Kamau Bell speaks at 8 p.m. at the Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Ave. NW. $38– $40. (202) 364-1919. politics-prose.com.

—Caroline Jones From her early days on the drag circuit to her death and the discovery of a mummified human in her closet, this production explores themes of love, acceptance, and identity. Rep Stage at Howard Community College. 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. To May 14. $15–$40. (443) 518-1500. repstage.org.

Doubt: A PArAble Set at a New York Catholic school in the 1960s, this Tony-winning play follows a charismatic priest and the nun who leads the school and suspects him of mistreating a shy African-American student. Chelsea Mayo and Stephanie Mumford star in this production of John Patrick Shanley’s searing drama. Quotidian Theatre Company at The Writer’s Center. 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. To May 7. $15–$30. (301) 816-1023. quotidiantheatre.org.

Fun Home Based on the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, this Tony-winning musical follows Bechdel as she chronicles her coming out and the subsequent death of her father. Featuring three different actresses playing Bechdel over time, this production includes the songs “Ring of Keys” and “Changing My Major.” National Theatre. 1321 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. To May 13. $48–$98. (202) 628-6161. nationaltheatre.org.

A HumAn being DieD tHAt nigHt A black psychologist interrogates one of the Apartheid era’s most aggressive torturers and murderers in this intense drama based on true events. Presented as part of Mosaic Theater’s “South Africa: Then & Now” series.

Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To April 30. $9–$50. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

tHe lAte WeDDing This drama directed by Kate Bryer draws inspiration from the fantastical work of author Italo Calvino and explores themes of love and longing. It also combines elements of science fiction and romance. The Hub Theatre at John Swayze Theatre. 9431 Silver King Court, Fairfax. To May 7. $22–$32. (703) 674-3177. thehubtheatre.org. mAcbetH Liesl Tommy, the director behind acclaimed productions of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed and Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, leads this production of Shakespeare’s classic tale of murder, magic, and ambition. Sidney Harman Hall. 610 F St. NW. To May 28. $44–$118. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org. tHe mAgic PlAy An acclaimed magician maintains total control over his audiences and his love life but when a new companion challenges him to confront his fears, his entire career might be upended. Halena Kays directs this new play from writer Andrew Hinderaker. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To May 7. $35–$70. (301) 9243400. olneytheatre.org. mAster clAss Young opera students train with an aging Maria Callas in Terrence McNally’s drama about the sacrifices artists make for their craft and the demands of performing at a high level. Local favorite Ilona Dulaski stars in this production directed by Nick Olcott. MetroStage. 1201 N. Royal St., Alexandria. To June 11. $55–$60. (703) 548-9044. metrostage.org. miDWestern gotHic Royce Vavrek and Josh Schmidt present this new musical about a woman

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2016 taught us many things, but one lesson is clear: See your favorite musicians while you still can.

Brian Wilson has extended his tour marking the 50th anniversary of Pet Sounds long enough that the album will reach its 51st anniversary by the time he gets to D.C. Jokes could be made about a never-ending farewell tour (so many stars embark on them and then continue to perform for years on end) but in these times, abandon your cynicism for a while. Pet Sounds is so iconic, so monolithic that there seems to be a constant oscillation between overwhelming praise and backlash for it. It’s a record that comes into the forefront of pop culture, but its influence will always be present and it always leads to good conversations. For example, try breaking the ice with, “Is ‘God Only Knows’ a happy or a sad song?” at your next happy hour. The opportunities to see it performed live are rare and even rarer in a room that sounds as grand as the Lincoln Theatre does. Brian Wilson performs with special guests Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin at 8 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. $75– $125. (202) 888-0050. thelincolndc.com.

—Justin Weber

or, Local favorite Holly Twyford stars as Aphra Behn in this play inspired by Restoration comedy. As she struggles to save the King of England and deliver her play in the same night, a madcap series of foibles unfolds. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 EastWest Highway, Bethesda. To May 7. $36–$65. (240) 644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org. ragtime This stirring musical, written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and inspired by E.L. Doctorow novel, tells the story of three different New York families at the turn of the 20th century. Featuring memorable songs like “Your Daddy’s Eyes,” “Wheels of a Dream,” and “Make Them Hear You,” this production stars Tracy Lynn Olivera, Nova Y. Payton, and Jonathan Atkinson. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To May 20. $18–$71. (202) 347-4833. fords.org. a raisin in the sun Lorraine Hansbury’s landmark play about a family that strives to create a life beyond its Chicago apartment receives a new treatment from director Tazewell Thompson. A sudden influx of income makes their dream seem possible but when it turns out their goals are different, each member must figure out how to make things work. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To May 7. $40–$90. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org. smart PeoPle Four intellectuals look for love and try to understand themselves in this witty drama from playwright Lydia R. Diamond. Through the characters, the play explores issues of identity, prejudice, and cultural bias. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To May 21. $40–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. three sisters St. Petersburg acclaimed Maly Drama Theatre presents this dark new production of Chekhov’s drama about three siblings’ desire to stay true to their goals even as their circumstances force them to leave their Moscow home for life in a small village. Performed in Russian with English supertitles.

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who wants more than anything to escape her dull surroundings. As she fantasizes about her goals, her thoughts take a perverse turn, resulting in a shocking resolution. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To April 30. $40–$94. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

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Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater. 2700 F St. NW. To April 30. $19–$49. (202) 467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

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the Promise A medical student and an American journalist romance the same woman in this drama set in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. Starring Christian Bale, Oscar Issac, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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Legals Request for Proposals Design/Build Contractor for Bathroom Renovation The SEED Public Charter School of Washington DC is inviting firms to submit proposals to engage a Design-Builder to develop a design, and renovate the eight (8) existing Marshall Hall dormitory communal restrooms, located at 4300 C Street, SE Washington, DC (the “Project”). Marshall Hall was constructed in 2001, and the restrooms consist of approximately 300 SF of space each.

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INGENUITY PREP CHARTER SCHOOL

Student Assessment and Professional Development Services Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School intends to enter into a sole source contract with The Achievement Network for student assessment and professional development services to help identify and close gaps in student learning for the upcoming school year. * Ingenuity Prep constitutes the sole source for The Achievement Network for student assessment services and professional development that will lead to student achievement. * For further information regarding this notice contact bids@ ingenuityprep.org no later than 5:00 pm, May 8, 2017.

WASHINGTON LATIN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Issued: April 28, 2017 The Washington Latin Public Charter School solicits expressions of interest in the form of proposals with references from qualifi ed vendors for Replacement of WAP infrastructure (35 units+switch) w/ Meraki MR42s, including licensing and support.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Multiple Services Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School solicits proposals for IT Services and Furniture Vendor.

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